KDE Saw Many Fixes + Improvements On Top Of Shipping Plasma 5.21 Beta

[f0rmat]

But why do we need a scrollbar by default in the new launcher :-( The menu is not even re-sizeable...
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma...90/kickoff.png

I agree...I do not like the new kickstart menu. But the old kickstart will still be available in the KDE app store.

New Application Launcher

Plasma 5.21 introduces a new application launcher that features a double-pane UI, improvements to keyboard and mouse navigation, better accessibility and support for languages with RTL writing.

The new launcher includes an alphabetical “All Applications” view, a grid-style favorites view, and power actions visible by default with their labels.

Last but not least, we have fixed most of the bugs reported by users, guaranteeing a smoother access to all your stuff.

The old Kickoff app launcher is still available at store.kde.org.

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.20.90/

Bold italics is my edit.

[reba]

The first thing I do is replacing the "Application Launcher" with "Application Menu" - way less clicks and much more organised. I wish it would be the default.

Other than that I am totally stoked for the upcoming updates!

[Vistaus]

I really hate that kate is not allowed to be run as root. A warning is ok, but there are situations in which you don't have other practical choices. Because of that, I switched to another editor after this "patch" got upstream. If you really don't trust on your own code, then simply implement a right-dropping mode with the exception to the to be edited file and directory.

I agree. I too use text editors and Krusader as root, so not being able to use Kate as root is hindering my workflow.

[Vistaus]

But why do we need a scrollbar by default in the new launcher :-( The menu is not even re-sizeable...
https://kde.org/announcements/plasma...90/kickoff.png

Looks like they just ported over Lancelot's code, re-organized a few things and called it a day.

https://userbase.kde.org/File:Lancelot-1.7-slimglow.png

[bug77]

The first thing I do is replacing the "Application Launcher" with "Application Menu" - way less clicks and much more organised. I wish it would be the default.

Other than that I am totally stoked for the upcoming updates!

I do that too. That's why we use KDE: there's no one size fits all.

[BangoMopar]

Oh how I miss Unity and its HUD menu.

Why not just use it then?

https://ubuntuunity.org/

Alternatively, one can just make Plasma into a Unity clone (A quick search shows multiple ways to do this in Plasma)

[smartalgorithm]

I really hate that kate is not allowed to be run as root.

How is so? i do

kdesu kate

and run it as root, can open and save root files...

[f0rmat]

How is so? i do

kdesu kate

and run it as root, can open and save root files...

Or sudo kate

[smartalgorithm]

Or sudo kate

sudo doesn't work for me

[f0rmat]

sudo doesn't work for me

Interesting...I am running KDE Neon and I have not had an issue - although to be honest, I may have tweaked something. I am on my work computer now, so I cannot check.